@@ -237,16 +237,21 @@
   ;; Take advantage of a good place to exit if running the one-pass methodology
   (if (and (> (runs:dat-can-run-more-tests-count runsdat) 20)
 	   (args:get-arg "-one-pass"))
       (exit 0))
 
-  (thread-sleep! (cond ;; BB: check with Matt.  Should this sleep move to cond clauses below where we determine we have too many jobs running rather than each time the and condition above is true (which seems like always)?
-        	  ((> (runs:dat-can-run-more-tests-count runsdat) 20)
+  (thread-sleep! (cond ;; BB: check with Matt.  Should this sleep move
+		       ;; to cond clauses below where we determine we
+		       ;; have too many jobs running rather than each
+		       ;; time the and condition above is true (which
+		       ;; seems like always)?
+        	  ((> (runs:dat-can-run-more-tests-count runsdat) 20) ;; original intent was - save cycles, wait a long time
 		   (if (runs:lownoise "waiting on tasks" 60)(debug:print-info 2 *default-log-port* "waiting for tasks to complete, sleeping briefly ..."))
-                   (configf:lookup-number *configdat* "setup" "inter-test-delay" default: 0.1) ;; was 2
-		   );; obviously haven't had any work to do for a while
-        	  (else 0)))
+		   10)  ;; obviously haven't had any work to do for a while
+		  (else
+		   ;; if have a number for inter-test-delay, use it, else don't delay much, maybe even zero?
+		   (configf:lookup-number *configdat* "setup" "inter-test-delay" default: 0.01))))
   
   (let* ((num-running             (rmt:get-count-tests-running run-id))
 	 (num-running-in-jobgroup (rmt:get-count-tests-running-in-jobgroup run-id jobgroup))
 	 (job-group-limit         (let ((jobg-count (configf:lookup *configdat* "jobgroups" jobgroup)))
 				    (if (string? jobg-count)